The Border collie is no boarder: it pays the rent, in many ways.

From: Countryside & Small Stock Journal | Date: July 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

The Border collie is an excellent dog for the homestead farm. They have a strong instinct to herd and love working. They are very intelligent and loyal and are tolerant of children. A homesteader relates his experience with Border collies.

For many years Scotland's Border Collie has been renowned for its prowess with livestock. Selection was based on working ability without high regard for coat color or length or a standard look.

Border Collies are most commonly black and white, although tri colors, red and white, and blue and white dogs are found. They are generally about 40-45 ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

BORDER COLLIES KNOW NO BOUNDS
; ...people who like border collies: Don't get...love their border collies end up giving...high-voltage border collie you can have...an adorable border collie pup named Rosie...man with two border collies taking lessons...want their border collies ...
Save the Border Collie
; ...world's smartest dog, the border collie, into a moron. Actually...consequence. What is the border collie? A breed developed in...or even turkeys. (Our border collie, deprived of such gainful...great swaths of the border collie population, which comes...standard ...
TOP DOG: BORDER COLLIE IS FIRST IN FIELD.(TRIAD/STATE)
; ...award-winning border collies...of purebred border collies Kuykendall...500 other border collies in 19 trials...The Working Border Collie, a magazine...stampede. Border collies work...says that one border collie is worth 15...impressed with ...
Border collies steer the flocks, steal the show: Performance by shepherding canines is a Celtic Classic fave.
; ...his trio of border collies -- whose display...with eight other border collies. As Sheninger...a 9-year-old border collie, the group veteran...stars of the border collie show that draws...fascinated with border collies more than 20...you to get a ...
Canadian Border Collie Association: Canadian Kennel Club Hijacking Border Collies Into Conformation Shows Border Collies: Barbie Collies in Canada?
; ...seeking to take border collies into the conformation...version of real border collies. The Canadian Border Collie Association...However, the border collie is very different...the breed for border collies. We have national...by dog shows. Border ...
BRITAIN'S FAITHFUL BORDER COLLIES BEING ABANDONED.(News)
; ...recognizable icons than the border collie, the loyal black-and-whi...commands. Sadly, the border collie has come to symbolize...Volunteers for the Border Collie Trust charity now...took in 380 unwanted border collies last year. It's already...to $50 to $65. The ...
The Border Collie: A Breed Apart; As a Faction Pushes for AKC Approval, Owners Protest It's Much Worse to Be Seen Than Herd
; ...Gael is a Border collie, and she can...from home, a Border collie will round...cared what Border collies looked like...say die-hard Border Collie People, is...bitterness, having Border collies present - and...quintessential old-time Border ...
Angry owners say the AKC will `ruin' the border collie
; ...care. Gael is a border collie, and she can herd...mile from home, a border collie will round up...has cared what border collies looked like, or...say die-hard border Collie People, is now...bitterness, having border collies present - and...quintessential ...
Sheep dogma; Heart patient puts her faith in 'border collie therapy'
; ...begins her "border collie therapy." And...Koehlers. But the border collies mean a lot...recovery to "border collie therapy." They...Collie Origins Border collies, by instinct...every gate, the border collie in each stayed...Koehler's six border ...
BRED TO HERD: BORDER COLLIES STRUT STUFF IN CONTEST; A SHEEP-HERDING TRIAL IN REIDSVILLE DRAWS 31 COMPETITORS.(TRIAD/STATE)
; ...For Rebecca Ryan and her border collie Bandit, Saturday was a...guess. Cain left his two border collies, Andy and Sugar, at his...sheep-herding trial with their border collie Abby helped explain a bit...of Gibsonville bought a border collie to help him out with ...